Whirling-bell toy



w. F BLAKE. WHIRLING BELL TOY.

APPLICATION FILED FEB-18,1919.

1,383,283. Pa t d uly 5, 1921.

MM WM nun UNlTED STATES WILLIAM F. BLAKE, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

WHIRIiING-BELL TOY.

Application filed February 18, 1919.

T aZZ to 7mm it may concern:

Be it known that I, W'ILLIAM F. BLAKE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas and. State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful lVhirling-Bell Toy, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to whirling bell toys in which bells are attached to adrum mounted on a handle; and the objects of my invention are, first, to provide a toy which can be used as a rattle to make a jingling noise; second, to provide a toy having a rotatable drum and bells; and third, to provide a toy which is easy, simple, and interesting for a small child to use.

I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a view of the whirling bell toy as a whole; Fig. 2, a detail view of the drum and inside bells; and Fig. 3, a detail view of the periphery of the drum and method of attaching the elastically mounted bells.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The handle or stick 1 is made of wood and has the drum 3 with the heads 2 and l mounted on one end. The eyes are fastened to drum 3 on opposite sides, these eyes 5 have a small opening on the outside or? the drum and on the inside the ends are crossed and the more tension is exerted on the eye the more theends press against the inside of the drum and so eye 5 cannot be pulled out. The elastic bands 6 have one end looped over eye 5 and the other end looped over eye 7 in bell 8. 9 indicates the tongue of bell 10 which is placed loosely inside of drum 3, there may be one or more. 11 is the pin which passes through the drum 3 and Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 5, 1921.

Serial No. 277,832.

into the end of handle 1, thus forming a pivot upon which the drum 3 rotates easily and rapidly.

In the operation of my whirling bell toy, a child grasps it by the handle 1, and can use it as a rattle or jingle bells by shaking it which causes bell 10 to rotate inside of drum 3 and ring, meanwhile the bells 8 str1ke against drum 3 and handle 1, or against each other and ring thus making various sounds. lVhen the child tires of this he can revolve the stick gently this causes drum 3 to rotate rapidly on pivot 11 and the bells 8 naturally must follow in the same plane therefore they rotate rapidly with the drum each in its own path but making a larger circle. Now the child maystop revolving the handle 1 but the momentum given drum 3 and the weight of the bells 8 cause the drum 3 to rotate or whirl for a long time and then the motion may be allowed to stop slowly, or if the child wishes he may give the handle 1 a slight rotation occasionally and the bells 8 and drum 3 will continue to whirl indefinitely. Thus it will be seen my toy provides amusement for a small child or an older one in the above mentioned ways.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is:

In a whirling bell toy, the combination of a drum rotatably mounted on a pivot on a handle, loose bells contained in said drum, bells elastically attached to the periphery of said drum, and means for making said bells rotate in the same plane as said drum.

WILLIAM F. BLAKE.

Witnesses JOHN M. MoCABn, WALTER G. KIRKBRIDE. 

